report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs

[Doug Drown]

I personally wouldn't be at all surprised if NBC were to make a grab for 
WHDH.  If they want to focus on the top markets, it would be a good 
strategic move, I should think.  NBC wanted Channel 7 years ago.  Am I 
correct in thinking that it's the network's largest non-O&O market?

-Doug



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
To: "Richard Chonak" <rac@gabrielmass.com>
Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest" 
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs


> Richard Chonak wrote:
>> On 03/20/2008 07:45 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>>>
>>> WMAQ had a spectacular on air meltdown a few nonths back during the 10
>>> PM news causing them to go to MSNBC for the news.
>>>
>>
>> That's not an ideal replacement for a straight newscast, as MSNBC's 
>> evening schedule consists of opinion, analysis, and debate shows.   At 
>> 10pm, they have Keith Olbermann's show.   But for an NBC affiliate, MSNBC 
>> seems to be the fallback option.
>
> It was slightly worse than that, even - this was 10 PM central, 11 PM 
> eastern, which meant they went to MSNBC in the midst of the "Doc Block" - 
> reruns of "To Catch a Predator" and "Lockup."
>
> But it's better than going to black, I guess.
>
> And in fairness, WHDH had a meltdown of its own not long ago that knocked 
> out a newscast. As complex as today's TV stations are, it can happen 
> whether MCR is local or a thousand miles away.
>
> s